Casey Sander (Born on July 6, 1956, Washington, D.C.) is an actor. In his early years, he gave up a football scholarship to pursue a career in major league baseball. He did play Minor League Baseball for the Los Angeles Angels organization in Idaho and Iowa before he quit due to injuries. He played Mike Rostenkowski (Bernadette's Father) on The Big Bang Theory.
His on screen son-in-law Howard threw out a game ball for the Los Angeles Angels whose organization that Casey played minor league ball for.